This intensive course is aimed at postgraduate research students in the areas of Computer Vision, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition. It is organised with the assistance of the British Machine Vision Association and Society for Pattern Recognition (BMVA) and the Digital Imaging Research Centre, Kingston University (DIRC).

The course is residential, spanning five days (midday Monday to midday Friday), and consists of lectures, tutorials and practicals on diverse topics in computer vision, image processing and pattern recognition. It is intended that the course will complement existing technical lecture course material that most students meet in the first year of their postgraduate training. It will provide an opportunity to broaden awareness of available vision, image and pattern recognition techniques and to develop skills in research methodology. The course will mix state of the art presentations from acknowledged UK experts with group work, case studies and practical exercises.

The course has run successfully for over a decade and is designed to cover the state-of-the-art, to broaden awareness of other fields and to develop research skills. The course is residential and costs £500. Funding from EPSRC has been requested and if approved, free registrations to EPSRC Students will be offered.